Women's Rights and Religious Practice
Claims in Conflict
Boden, Alison L.
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BOOK SUMMARY
When conflicts arise between claims to human rights for women and claims for religious integrity and authority, which perspective should prevail? The author investigates the criteria for assessing such situations, including family religious ideology and t
BOOK SYNOPSIS
When conflicts arise between claims to human rights for women and claims for religious integrity and authority, which perspective should prevail? The author investigates the criteria for assessing such situations, including family religious ideology and the questions of relativism, privacy, and agency. The study concludes that theological resistance and certain political and social inhibitors sometimes, ironically, render the human rights concept inappropriate for achieving the rights of religious women.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0230551440
ISBN(13-digit): 9780230551442
Dewey Decimal: 305
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 222
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